How to Check If URL Is Valid or Not in Java

In this example, let’s us see how to validate URL in Java.

Source Code

package com.beginner.examples;

import org.apache.commons.validator.UrlValidator;

public class ValidateURL {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		
		UrlValidator urlValidator = new UrlValidator();
		
		String validURL = "http://www.google.com";
		String invalidURL = "http://www.aasdf@$#.com";
		
		System.out.println(urlValidator.isValid(validURL));
		System.out.println(urlValidator.isValid(invalidURL));

	}

}

Output:

true
false